You'll Never Get Rich Twilight Time Blu-ray ReviewYou'll Never Get Rich is a
musical featuring the great Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth. The film
features music by the legendary musician Cole Porter. It is a wonderful
showcase of song and dance. It is produced by Samuel Bischoff (The Roaring Twenties).

Martin Cortland (Robert Benchley) is having an affair with the
beautiful Sheila Winthrop (Rita Hayworth). Cortland is planning to give
her an expensive diamond bracelet but is concerned about his wife
seeing the diamonds (and Sheila). Martin decides to enlist the help of
his employee, dancer/performer Robert Curtis (Fred Astaire), who takes
the diamonds.

Robert ends up giving the diamond bracelet to Sheila himself. Before
long, Robert has fallen head over heels for Sheila and the two start
their own romance. Yet trouble ensues as things get out of hand with
one mishap after another. Robert becomes enlisted in military service
(and the story goes from one zany scenario to another after that). It
all builds to a giant musical show for the troops and a grand musical
finale.

The film is well produced with a number of great elements to the
production. The cinematography by Philip Tannura (Racket Squad) is beautiful to
behold. The film has tremendous black and white cinematography. The
film looks stunning. The production is complimented by the elegant
costumes by Irene (Easter Parade)
and gowns by Robert Kalloch (His Girl
Friday).

The screenplay by Michael Fessier (You
Were Never Lovelier, Red
Garters) and Ernest Pagano (Shall
We Dance, Carefree) is
entertaining. The film takes a number of unexpected turns and is
well-done for a classic musical. The story helps connect the great
musical numbers to one another. The film is surprisingly funny
with the goofy comedic hijinks throughout the story.

Sidney Lanfield (The Addams Family,
McHale's Navy) directed the
film. You'll Never Get Rich is a entertaining experience with good
energy. Lanfield keeps the pace brisk and enjoyable. This is a fun
musical. The performances by the cast are terrific. The song and dance
numbers are truly superb throughout.

If there is one great reason to see You'll
Never Get Rich, it's the incredible charm of stars Fred Astaire
and Rita Hayworth. Astaire is one of the greatest of all of Hollywood's
dancers and his work in this film is as great as audiences came to
expect from the master performer. Hayworth is a delight and she
delivers a fun, sharp, and entertaining performance. The pair are great
together and certainly make this a experience worth seeking out.

The Blu-ray:Video:

You'll Never Get Rich
is presented on Blu-ray in the original 1.33:1 full frame aspect ratio.
The 1080p MPEG-4 AVC encoded high definition presentation is
remastered. This is a stunning restoration which looks absolutely
lovely in HD. The crisp black and white cinematography certainly looks
splendid with fine film grain intact and good detail.

Please
Note:

This is a Region Free Blu-ray release. This is a Limited Edition
release of 3,000.

Audio:

The audio is presented in 1.0 mono DTS-HD Master Audio. This preserves
the original audio sound design. The mono presentation is excellent
with good clarity. Dialogue is always easy to understand. The music
sounds quite good. This is an excellent sounding presentation given the
age of the source.

This release includes English SDH subtitles (for the deaf and hard of
hearing). Extras:

The release includes a booklet featuring an essay written by Twilight
Time's Julie Kirgo.

On disc extras include:

Isolated music and effects track

Theatrical Trailer

Final Thoughts:

You'll Never Get Rich is a fun
classic Hollywood musical. It has plenty of charm with its two leads,
Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth. The film has some great musical numbers
and a lot of entertaining dancing. It's worth checking out for
musical fans.

Twilight Time's Blu-ray release features excellent PQ/AQ. Though
the release is short on extras, it's still worth seeking out for fans
of classic Hollywood musicals.

Recommended.

Neil Lumbard is a lifelong fan of cinema, and a student who aspires to make movies. He loves writing, and currently does in Texas.